Germany Proposes Screen Time Bans for Toddlers to Boost Education
Federal Family Minister Karin Prien has urged parents to cut back on their children’s screen time. She also proposed stricter rules to limit how much young children use digital devices. Her comments come as part of broader efforts to tackle declining education standards in Germany. Prien suggested that children under three should avoid digital devices entirely. For older children, she called for legal limits on screen time, though no specific measures have been outlined yet.
She is also pushing for mandatory checks on children’s language and development around their fourth birthday. These assessments would help identify delays early, especially for those with special needs before they start school.
To improve basic skills, Prien plans to track reading, writing, and maths performance using regular data reviews. This follows poor results in the IQB Education Trend study, where she is working with state governments to reverse the decline.
While focusing on stricter monitoring, Prien clarified that she does not support federal rules forcing states to make daycare compulsory. Instead, she wants parents to take more responsibility for their children’s development, arguing that their own habits directly shape learning outcomes. Prien’s proposals include banning screens for under-threes and introducing early developmental checks. She aims to lift core skills through data-driven reviews and state cooperation. The plans come as Germany seeks to address falling education standards in young children.
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